{"id":432054,"date":"2026-08-13T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432054\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:26:10","slug":"man-accused-of-slashing-teen-in-fresno-motel-room-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432054\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of slashing teen in Fresno motel room brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An adult was arrested early Thursday following an incident at a Fresno motel that left him and two teens with lacerations.<\/p>\n

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An early-morning altercation between an adult and two teenagers at a motel Thursday left all three subjects with lacerations, Fresno police said.<\/p>\n

Officers responded to a stabbing call at the Vagabond Inn near Jensen Avenue and Highway 99 around 3:15 a.m., police said.<\/p>\n

Responding offers found a 16-year-old boy with cuts to his forearm. The teen said he was trying to break up a fight and was injured while breaking a window to gain entry into a room.<\/p>\n

Officers then found two more people with lacerations: a 26-year-old man cut near his right eye, and a 15-year-old boy with a two-inch cut to his forearm.<\/p>\n

The adult, identified as Jeremiah Smith, didn\u2019t provide a statement to police. Upon further investigation, officers learned the 26-year-old and 15-year-old began fighting on the second floor after an argument. The fight continued into a room.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old said the adult cut him with a piece of broken glass.<\/p>\n

Smith was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. According to Fresno County Jail booking records, he was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and battery.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old was also taken to the hospital, though he left against medical advice and was released to a guardian, police said.<\/p>\n

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Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and joined The Bee in 2025.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An adult was arrested early Thursday following an incident at a Fresno motel that left him and two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-432054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}